I should have mentioned in the original mail that I have been watching the rig on a couple of occasions when the problem has occurred, and there is no sign of the HI SWR warning, or any other warning, on the display.
73, -- Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH On 17/Apr 18:49, Mike Clarke wrote: > Hi all, > > My K3 has recently developed a fault that causes a sudden loss of > output power. I can be happily transmitting, then suddenly I > hear what sounds like a relay click. The rig remains in TX mode, > but the RF power meter drops down to nothing. > > Turning the rig off and back on again fixes the problem for a > short period, before it happens again. My suspicion is that > something is causing the KPA100 to trip out; the rig has spent > quite a bit of time being bounced around in planes of late, so my > first thought was that one of the boards might have been bounced > loose. > > Before I take the whole thing to pieces though, has anyone else > experienced a similar fault? > > Thanks and 73, > > -- > Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
